Nvidia, CEO Huang sued over disclosures related to suspected Chinese spy
The proposed class action says Nvidia’s shares dropped 14% after reports of a probe into Huang’s ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence asset.
- On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy, prompting the board to launch an investigation into whether he was targeted by foreign intelligence.
- Huang, who co-founded Nvidia more than 30 years ago, has built a flat leadership structure with more than 60 direct reports and no designated successor, creating succession vulnerability.
- Nvidia's board stated it has "confidence in Jensen" and sees "no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised," though shares fell more than 5% on Monday.
- Potential successors include CFO Colette Kress and vice president Ian Buck, though analysts warn that losing Huang's technical expertise and industry relationships could destabilize the company.
- Lawmakers are calling for briefings on the matter, while analysts at Melius Research noted they expected Huang to stay for at least 10 more years before the scandal.
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The snowball over the alleged spying scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is growing. A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Huang and the company for lying to shareholders about Huang's extramarital affair with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who has now been revealed to be a Chinese spy. The affair has been known about in the industry for a year, and in fact, Jensen Huang and the company have publicly denied it. But after the case became a …
Washington, Nov 10 (EFE).- A shareholder of the U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia has sued the company and its president and CEO, Jensen Huang, for allegedly fooling investors about the relationship the entrepreneur had with a woman suspected of working for Chinese intelligence. The lawsuit, [...] The Shareholder entry sues Nvidia and Jensen Huang for hiding relationship with alleged Chinese spy was first published in HolaNews.
Nvidia's shareholders sued Jensen Huang's head of the company because of his connection to the alleged Chinese spy.
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